De Karel Doormanstraat is a shopping street in the center of Rotterdam. The street connects the Westblaak to Weena. The street is located approximately at the level of the prewar Tuindersstraat and Diergaardestraat. This area was severely affected in 1940 with the bombing of Rotterdam by the German Air Force. Willem Frederik Karel Doorman Marie was a Dutch Rear-night. He was known for the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942.